PC Procedure Codes

To specify a procedure code and the date associated with it

Position: PC-01 · Element: 235 · Name: Product/Service ID Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234).

Position: PC-02 · Element: 1137 · Name: Medical Code Value · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Code value for describing a medical condition

Position: PC-03 · Element: 1250 · Name: Date Time Period Format Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code indicating the date format, time format, or date and time format.

P0304: If either PC-03 or PC-04 is present, then the other is required

Position: PC-04 · Element: 1251 · Name: Date Time Period · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 35 · Repeat: -

Expression of a date, a time, or range of dates, times or dates and times.

PC04 is service date.

Position: PC-05 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content.

PC05 is procedure description.